Church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-the-Apostles. The Rules for Admission to the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after St.

The decision to establish the All-Church Postgraduate School was made at the suggestion of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at a meeting of the Russian Holy Synod Orthodox Church March 31, 2009 (magazine #20). Archbishop (now Metropolitan) Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department of External church connections Moscow Patriarchy.

On May 7, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approved the composition of the Working Group for the development of the Regulations (Charter) of the General Church Postgraduate School, its program and curriculum.

In connection with the tasks assigned to the new educational institution, including the training of church scientific personnel of the highest qualification - doctors of theology, the Working Group proposed to expand the name of the postgraduate school (“General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies”), giving it the name of the saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius.

The Holy Synod at a meeting on July 27, 2009, having approved the work of the Working Group on the development of the Regulations (Charter) of the Church Postgraduate School, its program and curriculum, approved the Charter of the Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius (magazine No. 57).

The general church postgraduate and doctoral studies became the successor to the postgraduate branch of the Moscow Theological Academy, which had been operating under the Department for External Church Relations since 1963.

Departments in key areas of ecclesiastical science have been created at the General Church Postgraduate School. Each of the departments has its own specifics and is aimed at creating its own scientific school based on the traditions laid down by Eastern Christian (in particular, Russian) theology, domestic and foreign humanities. Currently, the OCAD has the following departments: biblical studies, theology, external church relations, history, social sciences, pedagogy and theory of education, church-practical sciences, and philosophy.

Education is conducted according to the following programs: master's, postgraduate, doctoral studies, advanced training.

As part of advanced training, the following programs have been developed:

Refresher courses for newly appointed bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church;

Refresher courses for assistants of diocesan administrations and personal secretaries of bishops;

Refresher courses for church archivists;

Refresher courses for teachers of biblical studies;

Refresher courses for teachers of apologetics;

Refresher courses for heads of diocesan departments on interaction with the Cossacks.

In the near future, the number of areas of advanced training courses on the basis of the OCAD is planned to be increased.

Particular attention is paid to the study of foreign languages ​​and mastering the methodology of scientific and theological research.

There are ample opportunities for scientific supervision of the work of graduate and doctoral students. The general church graduate school invites domestic and foreign scientists, both ecclesiastical and secular, as supervisors and advisers of dissertations. The educational institution seeks to create conditions for scientific leadership not to be an empty formality, but to be effective. With its help, new generations of church scientists should be brought up, possessing all the necessary skills for independent research work and the practical application of its results in their church ministry.

The General Church Postgraduate School regularly organizes scientific conferences and seminars on the profile of departments. Students have the opportunity to attend speeches by famous lecturers, church, government, public figures in Russia and foreign countries.

Opportunities are being created for the defense of dissertations for the degree of candidate and doctor of theology not only by men, but also by women. Girls and women entering graduate school are employees of synodal and diocesan institutions, church teachers, regents, art critics, icon painters, and church philologists.

The general church postgraduate and doctoral studies operate on the basis of a perpetual license AAA No. 001086 issued by the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science on March 21, 2011.

The educational institution is located in the very center of Moscow - in the complex Patriarchal Compound Churches of the Holy Martyrs Michael and Theodore of Chernigov and the Beheading of John the Baptist near Bor in Chernigovsky Lane.

Hieromonk John (Kopeikin) is the Vice-Rector of the Postgraduate School for Academic Affairs, Priest Dimitry Safonov is the Secretary of the Academic Council, and Miguel Palacio is the Head of the Educational and Methodological Department.

With the support of the St. Gregory the Theologian, the Postgraduate School was able to get its own building, located on the territory of the Chernigov metochion in Zamoskvorechye, in the very center of Moscow.

On February 7, 2012, on the day of memory of St. Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople, with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the St. Gregory the Theologian Charitable Foundation established five scholarships for citizens from far-abroad countries who come to study at the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after Sts. Cyril and Methodius and other educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Second training courses for church archivists completed

The courses were held jointly with the Russian State University for the Humanities with the financial support of the Gregory the Theologian Foundation. The participants listened to lectures on the history of the archives of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russia, met with the heads of archives and archive departments, ecclesiastical and secular scientists, visited monasteries, the archive of the Government Russian Federation, Research Department of Manuscripts of the Russian State Library, Church Science Center"Orthodox Encyclopedia"

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk paid a visit to Kazakhstan

The main purpose of the working trip was to conduct advanced training courses for the episcopate of the Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Central Asian Metropolitan District and Azerbaijan. The courses are organized by the Church Postgraduate and Doctoral School named after Saints Cyril and Methodius

Short-term training courses for employees of church archives were held at the General Church Postgraduate School

The degree of Doctor of Theology was awarded to V.N. Katasonov and Rector of the All Saints Parish of the Moscow Patriarchate in Lisbon Abbot Arseniy (Sokolov)

The general church postgraduate school, together with the Russian State Humanitarian University and the State Archives of the Russian Federation, will conduct short-term courses for church archivists

Course participants will get acquainted with the history of archiving in Russia, the history of the archives of the Russian Orthodox Church, the current state of the country's archival industry, and the practice of organizing archival office work. Workshops will be held in the State Archives of the Russian Federation. Excursions to the largest archives of the capital will also be organized.

The Gregory the Theologian Foundation established 5 scholarships for students from far abroad

The Academic Council considered the results of advanced training courses held at the General Church Postgraduate School in December for newly elected bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church. The rector informed about the high evaluation of the courses by their participants

Rector of the General Church Postgraduate School presented certificates of advanced training to 17 students of hierarchical courses

The All-Church Council for the defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Theology, approved by the decision of His Holiness the Patriarch, is joint for the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius, the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University, Moscow and St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academies

The Department of External Church Relations has started training students enrolled in the master's program

During his visit to Italy, the DECR Chairman also took part in a symposium on Orthodox spirituality at the Bose Monastery and performed Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Great Martyr Catherine in Rome

Rector of the General Church Postgraduate School held a meeting of the working group on the restoration of the Chernihiv Compound

Exams will be held from 12 to 19 September. Individuals who have successfully completed curriculum postgraduate or doctoral studies and who defended a qualifying work of the appropriate level are awarded the degree of candidate or doctor of theology of the Russian Orthodox Church

Metropolitan Hilarion summed up the results of the entrance exams for the master's program of the Church's postgraduate and doctoral studies

Archimandrite Kirill (Govorun), First Deputy Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vice-Rector of the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, spoke about the prospects for the development of domestic theological education in an interview with the Bogoslov.Ru portal

Metropolitan Hilarion presented diplomas and certificates to graduates of the advanced training program

This is the first issuance of diplomas of the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies - an educational institution established by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The advanced training program was conceived as an important addition to spiritual and academic education. “Those who came to this program were able to study such disciplines, acquire such skills, such information that are not available in any other theological school of our Church,” said Metropolitan Hilarion.

The Academic Council of the General Church Postgraduate School summed up the results of the academic year

The curriculum is based on state standard third generation in the direction of preparation "theology"

Representative of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity delivered a lecture at the General Church Graduate School

The resource contains information about the departments, employees, various fields of activity of the educational institution. It is planned to regularly update the section with course programs, post the current class schedule. Thanks to the site, students will have the opportunity to communicate within the forum

Metropolitan Hilarion led the assembly day at the All-Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Schools

A small three-story mansion housed classrooms and administrative offices. In the Church of St. John the Baptist near Bor, students in clergy will regularly participate in divine services

The list of those enrolled in the General Church Postgraduate School has been published

As the rector noted, the main goal of the postgraduate course is to train highly qualified personnel for the Russian Orthodox Church. We are talking about both managerial personnel, and scientists and ecclesiastical and diplomatic workers.

Issues related to the study of the historical archives of the Russian Orthodox Church were discussed at the General Church Postgraduate School

By October 1, 2010, the All-Church postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Sts. Cyril and Methodius will move to the Chernihiv Compound in Zamoskvorechye

Metropolitan Hilarion took part in a meeting of rectors of theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church

On May 26, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople visited the DECR and addressed the students of the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies with a lecture "The World as a Sacrament. Theological and spiritual vision peace."

Patriarch Kirill met with students of the General Church Postgraduate School at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

On May 7, 2010, in the Red Hall of the Chambers of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with students of the Sts. The meeting was attended by the Rector of the General Church Postgraduate School, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Vice-Rector of the General Church Postgraduate School Archpriest Vladimir Shmaly, Secretary of the Academic Council A.I. Mramornov.

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Church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies - higher educational institution Moscow Patriarchate, which trains highly qualified personnel to serve the Church in the field of science, education, administration and diplomacy.

The decision to establish the General Church Postgraduate School was taken on the initiative of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at a meeting of the Holy Synod on March 31, 2009 ().

The Holy Synod at a meeting on July 27, 2009 approved the Charter of the All-Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius ().

The general church graduate school became the successor to the postgraduate branch at, which was organized in 1963 on the initiative of the Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov (later Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga), chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

In the structure of the General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies there are departments of theology and liturgy; biblical studies; external church relations and social sciences; church history; foreign languages.

Currently, OCAD implements the following educational programs:

1. Church postgraduate program "Actual Problems of Theology", aimed at training clergy and employees of religious organizations (full-time and part-time forms);
2. Master's program "External Church Relations" in the direction of preparation 48.04.01 "Theology" (full-time form)";
3. Church Magistracy Program "External Church Relations", aimed at training clergy and employees of religious organizations (full-time);
4. The program for the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in the postgraduate study "Actual problems of theology" in the direction of preparation 48.06.01 "Theology" (full-time);
5. Church doctoral program.

Features of the educational process of the General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies are in-depth study of languages.

Rules for admission to the General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies named after St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius in 2009

1. Admission is carried out according to the programs: 1) candidate (postgraduate), 2) doctoral (doctoral) and 3) advanced training and retraining. Education in postgraduate and doctoral studies takes place in full-time and part-time forms, according to advanced training and retraining programs - only full-time.

2. Persons of the Orthodox faith who are citizens of the Russian Federation or other countries (CIS countries, far abroad countries), or who do not have citizenship, but who have the necessary permission to stay on the territory of the Russian Federation, are admitted to the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies.

In special cases, representatives of other Christian denominations may be admitted to graduate school.

3. Full-time postgraduate studies (with separation from the main place of service during the first, and, if necessary, the second and third years of study) are accepted for persons no older than 35 years old, for part-time postgraduate studies - no older than 45 years old. Applicants to the Ph.D. program must have a higher professional education (graduated specialists or masters), or a higher religious education.

Persons not older than 45 years old are accepted for doctoral studies. Applicants must have either a candidate of theology degree or an academic degree provided for by the system of state attestation of scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers.

4. Persons serving in general church and diocesan institutions, parishes, educational, scientific and other institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church, who have a higher professional secular or religious education, are accepted for the advanced training and retraining program.

5. The following persons have the right to be sent to the General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies:

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia;

Heads of synodal institutions and commissions;

Diocesan Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church;

Rectors of theological academies, Orthodox institutions and universities that are part of the educational system of the Russian Orthodox Church.

6. An application for admission indicating the level of study (postgraduate, doctoral studies, advanced training), form of study (full-time or part-time) and specialty (see the list of specialties, Appendix No. 1 to these Rules) is submitted to the Rector. The following documents must be attached to it:

Copies of diplomas and certificates of previous education and qualifications (originals must be presented when submitting documents);

A copy of the passport (the original must be presented when submitting documents);

A certified copy of the protege's diploma (for applicants in holy orders);

A completed questionnaire of the established form (see Appendix No. 2, filled out on the day of submission of documents);

Autobiography;

List scientific papers, and for doctoral applicants also - an approximate plan for a doctoral dissertation;

2 photos 3x4;

Medical certificate.

Documents during the application period can be brought by the applicant personally or sent by registered mail by mail to the address: 115191, Moscow, Danilovsky Val, 22, Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Admissions Committee of the General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies. Copies of diplomas, passports, protege letters are certified by the personnel department at the place of service or by a notary. The rest of the documents must be submitted in the original, and the personal statement, questionnaire, autobiography, list of works must be signed by the applicant. If these rules are not observed and the set of documents is incomplete, the selection committee has the right not to consider the application.

7. Applicants to the PhD program take competitive exams in:

theology;

foreign language;

Special discipline, in accordance with the specialty of the department.

Each applicant is interviewed.

8. To receive examinations for the candidate's program, by order of the Rector, a selection committee is created from the faculty of the postgraduate school. The chairman of the selection committee is the Rector. During the entrance examinations, the Commission evaluates the knowledge of applicants and gives grades: "excellent", "good", "satisfactory", "unsatisfactory". Persons who received an “unsatisfactory” score or who did not appear for the exam at the scheduled time without good reason are not allowed to take subsequent exams during the same session. Persons who did not appear for the exam for a good reason are allowed to take it no later than the day the session ends with the special permission of the Rector.

Retaking the entrance exams is not allowed. Passed entrance exams for postgraduate studies are valid for 13 months.

Applicants for doctoral studies and advanced training and retraining programs are interviewed. The decision on admission is made by the Rector, taking into account the recommendation of the commission that conducted the interview.

If the number of applicants who have received positive scores exceeds the number of places approved by the Rector, tuition for which is paid from the funds of the educational institution, then a competition is held. During the competition, the following are taken into account: the number of points scored in the entrance examinations, the presence of a university diploma with honors and the average score of the diploma, the availability of publications and developments in a future dissertation.

After the completion of the entrance examinations, those who did not pass the competition can be accepted on a compensatory basis with tuition from the budget of the sending party or other funds attracted by the sending party or the applicant.

An agreement on the provision of educational services is concluded with all enrolled applicants.

9. Acceptance of applications and documents to the General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies is carried out in 2009 from August 15 to September 15 (documents sent by mail should be sent as early as possible, the deadline for sending documents by mail is September 10). Entrance exams are held from 15 to 25 September. Enrollment in 2009 takes place from 25 to 30 September. Accepted graduate students, doctoral students and students are considered enrolled from October 1. The term of study should not exceed: in graduate school 3 years full-time and 4 years in correspondence form, in doctoral studies - 3 years, in the program of advanced training and retraining - 2 years.
10. Students at the expense of the funds of the All-Church postgraduate and doctoral studies can be paid a scholarship, the amount of which is determined by the order of the Rector.

Annex No. 1. The list of specialties of the General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies, for which admission is carried out in 2009 for all programs:

	Speciality	department	Degree awarded in case of defending a dissertation in a Ph.D. and doctoral program
	Theology	theology
	External Church Relations	External Church Relations	Candidate of Theology/Doctor of Theology
	biblical studies	biblical studies	Candidate of Theology/Doctor of Theology
	church history	church history	PhD in Theology/Doctor of Church History
	church art	Ecclesiastical Arts and Archaeology	Candidate of Theology/Doctor of Theology
	Church government	Administration and canon law	PhD in Theology/Doctor of Church Law
	Practical theology	Church-Practical Sciences	Candidate of Theology/Doctor of Theology

Application number 2.

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR APPLICANTS TO CHURCH-WIDE POSTGRADUATE AND DOCTORAL STUDIES

1. Surname, name, patronymic

2. San (if any) and date of its adoption

3. Date and place of birth

4. Date of baptism

5. Information about education (indicating the number and date of issue of documents on education)
average:
higher:
advanced training (if any):

6. Academic degree and title (if any)

7. Passport data (series, number, data on issuance, address of permanent residence)

8. Proficiency in foreign languages ​​and level of proficiency

9. Sphere of scientific interests and proposed topic of the thesis

10. Topic of qualifying work on the last place of study

11. Total number of publications (including in electronic media)

12. Information about the place of work (service) for the last 10 years

13. Attitude towards military service (served, did not serve, fit or not fit for military service, has a deferment)

14. Contact phone, e-mail

15. Date of completion, signature

Church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Sts. Cyril and Methodius (OCAiD) is a non-state higher educational institution that provides postgraduate spiritual education, which prepares students for the competition of theological academic degrees: master, candidate and doctor of theology. The main goal is to train highly qualified scientific personnel for the development of theology and administrative work in educational, synodal and diocesan institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was established in March 2009 on the basis of the Postgraduate Branch of the Moscow Theological Academy under the Department for External Church Relations, which operated since the early 1960s as a structural unit of the Moscow Theological Academy and was located on the premises of the Department for External Church Relations in Moscow. The decision to establish a postgraduate school was made at the suggestion of Patriarch Kirill at a meeting of the Holy Synod on March 31, 2009 (Journal No. 20). The charter of postgraduate studies was approved at a meeting of the Holy Synod in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra July 27, 2009. The general church postgraduate and doctoral studies train specialists in the field of inter-Orthodox, inter-Christian and church-social relations. The training lasts from two or more years and ends with the writing of a master's / candidate's / doctoral dissertation. Graduates of postgraduate and doctoral studies have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and experience in various areas of church and public life, in synodal and educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church, secular institutions that maintain relations with the Russian Orthodox Church. Over time, as Patriarch Kirill stated, postgraduate studies should be included in the Bologna process and brought into line with the state educational system, having received state accreditation. Postgraduate teachers consider it necessary in the near future to include theology in the list of specialties of the Higher Attestation Commission.

There are nine departments in Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies: Theology, External Church Relations, Biblical Studies, History, Ecclesiastical Arts, Administration and Canon Law, Church Practical Sciences, Philosophy, Ancient and Modern Languages. At the two departments of "Philosophy" and "Ancient and New Languages", so far it is only possible to get training, but these departments do not graduate postgraduates and doctoral students. The Department of External Church Relations inherited the tasks and traditions of the Postgraduate Branch of the Moscow Theological Academy under the Department of External Church Relations, established back in the 1960s. Particular importance is attached to the departments of "Theology", "History" and "Governance". In these four departments, from the very beginning, the opportunity to improve qualifications without defending a dissertation work is open. In April 2010, the graduate school signed an agreement with the Moscow State Linguistic University in order to provide teaching of foreign languages, including rare ones, to graduate students.